Coordinated Compute and Communication Control

Abstract

A system can comprise a communications interface between a radio access network domain of a broadband cellular network and a compute domain, and at least one memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, facilitate performance of operations. These operations can comprise receiving, at the radio access network domain and via the communications interface, first information relating to operation of the broadband cellular network from the compute domain. These operations can further comprise determining, by the radio access network domain, a near-real time action to take with respect to the operation of the broadband cellular network based on the first information and second information relating to operation of the broadband cellular network from the radio access network domain. These operations can further comprise implementing the near-real time action.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system, comprising:
 a communications interface between a radio access network domain of a broadband cellular network and a compute domain;   at least one processor; and   at least one memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 receiving, at the radio access network domain and via the communications interface, first information relating to operation of the broadband cellular network from the compute domain; 
 determining, by the radio access network domain, a near-real time action to take with respect to the operation of the broadband cellular network based on the first information and second information relating to operation of the broadband cellular network from the radio access network domain; and 
 implementing the near-real time action to take with respect to the operation of the broadband cellular network. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the near-real time action to take with respect to the operation of the broadband cellular network relates to operation of the radio access network domain. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the near-real time action to take with respect to the operation of the broadband cellular network relates to operation of the compute domain. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the second information is received from a radio access network controller of the radio access network domain. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the first information is received from a compute controller of the compute domain. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the second information comprises an indication of radio frequency quality or signal quality. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the first information comprises an indication of a performance of a computational task or a status of computing resources. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the second information comprises a key performance indicator. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the second information is received from an xApp in a near-real time controller of the radio access network domain. 
     
     
         10 . A method, comprising:
 obtaining, at a radio access network domain and via a communications interface of a system comprising at least one processor, first information relating to operation of a broadband cellular network from a compute domain, wherein the broadband cellular network comprises the radio access network domain, the compute domain, and the communications interface between the radio access network domain and the compute domain;   obtaining, at the radio access network domain, second information pertaining to the operation of the broadband cellular network from the radio access network domain;   determining, by the radio access network domain, an action to take with respect to the operation of the broadband cellular network based on the first information and the second information; and   in response to the determining, facilitating, by the system, performance of the action.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the compute domain comprises a mobile edge platform. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the second information comprises state information comprising at least one state value of the at least one first value applicable to a state of the broadband cellular network. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the action comprises an instance of predictive resource management of the broadband cellular network. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the action comprises selecting a computing node of the radio access network domain for deployment of an application. 
     
     
         15 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising at least one processor to perform operations, comprising:
 obtaining, at a radio access network domain and via a communications interface, first information relating to operation of a broadband cellular network from a compute domain;   obtaining, at the radio access network domain, second information pertaining to the operation of the broadband cellular network from the radio access network domain;   determining, by the radio access network domain, an action to take with respect to the operation of the broadband cellular network based on the first information and the second information; and   initiating performance of the action with respect to the operation of the broadband cellular network.   
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the action comprises producing a control command via an rApp of the radio access network domain, and wherein the control command is time insensitive. 
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the first information comprises information about a state of the radio access network domain, and wherein the action comprises determining a location of the broadband cellular network to deploy a virtual network function based on the state of the radio access network domain. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the second information comprises information about a state of the radio access network domain, and wherein the action comprises re-routing traffic of the broadband cellular network based on the state of the radio access network domain to satisfy a reduced-latency criterion. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the second information comprises information about a state of the radio access network domain that indicates traffic that satisfies a high-traffic criterion, and wherein the action comprises allocating compute resources at a location of the radio access network domain that satisfies a network-edge criterion. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the action comprises taking a predictive action regarding the radio access network domain or the compute domain.